If ESPN refuses to pay us, and the P5 doesn't want us, then we need to cheat as a group. Pay players and have lavish big city parties. The benefit of our schools being in large cities is that it is easier to hide Escalades, luxury condos, yacht trips, ect. All 11 schools(Navy probably won't be on board) should cheat as a group. They can't banned the entire conference. The bowls wouldn't allow it.

Great idea, as Eddie Guerrero said "Cheat to win."

You buying?

Go for it!!

Just don't forget the strippers and blow.

Maybe SMU can take the lead in organizing this, they seemed to have a rather successful experience with this sort of activity.

(08-01-2013 10:17 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  You buying?

Ahead of you. I've already got our players on payroll.

(08-01-2013 10:19 AM)mufanatehc Wrote:  Go for it!!

Just don't forget the strippers and blow.

Maybe SMU can take the lead in organizing this, they seemed to have a rather successful experience with this sort of activity.

No drugs but yes lots of strippers, and female student academic guides.

I guess we can have a summit at SMU to learn the ropes. Pony teaching the class?

(08-01-2013 10:24 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  I guess we can have a summit at SMU to learn the ropes. Pony teaching the class?

SMU got caught multiple times. Take the lesson from Auburn: pay in cash, stonewall the NCAA (remember that nobody outside of the university HAS to talk), pay in cash, no paper trail, and most importantly - pay in cash.

Rule #1, don't give players cash in envelopes with your school's or governor's letterhead

Yup, NCAA has no subpoena power either.

(08-01-2013 10:28 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Rule #1, don't give players cash in envelopes with your school's or governor's letterhead

Lulz... absolutely the worst part of that whole scandal. How on earth can you be that dumb (or arrogant) about it.

NBPirate, the trouble is/was EVERYONE else was "that dumb (or arrogant) about it," but only the smaller schools ever get nailed for it. Witness Eric Dickerson visiting A&M's campus and returning in a brand-new, gold Trans-Am that everyone apparently jokingly called the "Trans A&M." Likewise Texas, Oklahoma, Miami, and every other BIG program out there did crap like this. Florida State and UNC cheated academically so that their players were eligible... Want to try and tell me that 'Bama hasn't? Heck, you ever tried to listen to some of these kids SPEAK coherently, much less write? It's painful.

The difference is, if ECU gets caught doing it, the full weight of the NCAA, your state's legislature and state board of Higher Ed., and the public will come raining down on you. SMU will get the "Death Penalty." If half of the Penn State scandal had happened at Tulsa, mobs would have burned the stadium and had candlelight vigils for "the victims" and Tulsa would never play a down of football again.

The rules just are DIFFERENT for the "BIG" programs. The old saw "USC broke this rule, so the NCAA beat the hell out of Podunk State" is true and we all know it. Of course Penn State didn't get the "death penalty"... in fact their punishment will probably be suspended in the next year. Of course Miami did not get penalized for the Jerry Shapiro thing. Of course UNC was able to skate on the academic fraud with their reputation in tact.

But nobody...and I mean NOBODY...in this conference do it, otherwise everyone in the conference will be painted with the broad brush and be put out of business.

(08-01-2013 10:05 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  If ESPN refuses to pay us, and the P5 doesn't want us, then we need to cheat as a group.

Not fair, some schools already have a head start....

...all in good fun.

(08-01-2013 10:05 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  If ESPN refuses to pay us, and the P5 doesn't want us, then we need to cheat as a group. Pay players and have lavish big city parties. The benefit of our schools being in large cities is that it is easier to hide Escalades, luxury condos, yacht trips, ect. All 11 schools(Navy probably won't be on board) should cheat as a group. They can't banned the entire conference. The bowls wouldn't allow it.

LOL

My advice is, if we do this, then we need to cheat so bad that the SEC looks at us and says "Damn...".

Any person who believes there are a lot of major schools in D-1, in football or basketball, that don't cheat is out of his/her mind. We're talking NCAA rules here, not criminal activity, and it involves billions of dollars. Duh.

Oh i left out one other rule: once you start payments to a player, you CANNOT stop them. That's what ultimately brought down SMU. They stopped paying a player and he went and squealed.

I agree we should definitely be cheating. Got UL into the ACC. UCF tried to cheat but just wasn't very good at it. I really wish we'd be able to cheat like some of those SEC schools. I contend that if UCF knew how to cheat properly, we'd already be in a P5 conference.

(08-02-2013 08:05 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Any person who believes there are a lot of major schools in D-1, in football or basketball, that don't cheat is out of his/her mind. We're talking NCAA rules here, not criminal activity, and it involves billions of dollars. Duh.

Exactly. Recruits aren't tweeting pics of themselves holding piles of cash because they won the lottery.

(08-01-2013 10:27 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 10:24 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  I guess we can have a summit at SMU to learn the ropes. Pony teaching the class?

SMU got caught multiple times. Take the lesson from Auburn: pay in cash, stonewall the NCAA (remember that nobody outside of the university HAS to talk), pay in cash, no paper trail, and most importantly - pay in cash.

Also, pay in cash

Then we can do it the Keralina Way too! But one rule players can't have twitter accounts ie Marvin Austin.